Fire guts Serpong market

Fire guts Serpong market

TANGERANG (JP): At least 72 stalls in the Serpong traditional
market were gutted in a fire on Tuesday night. No fatalities have
been reported so far.

One of the traders, Muhidin, said the fire was first spotted
in a stall owned by Ayong at around 8:30 pm.

"It was possibly caused by an electrical short circuit," he
said.

The fire spread quickly to other stalls. It took dozens of
firemen using 13 fire engines until 3 a.m. the following morning
to extinguish the blaze. Fire fighting equipment belonging to the
nearby BSD and Alam Sutera housing estates was also brought to
the scene.

The authorities are still calculating the value of the damage
caused, but preliminary estimates put it at millions of rupiah.

Head of the Tangerang market management office Suryana said
yesterday that his office would erect temporary stands to
accommodate stall owners whose property was damaged in the blaze.
(41/cst)